Color trends for 2023 in fashion, home decor, and flowers are heading for bright, vivid shades that celebrate life. Deep azure blue, passionate red, cheerful yellow, and pink predominate on the runway and in floral bouquets. They’re balanced by harmonious shades of cream and lavender and will add a touch of optimism and cheer to your life.

So whether you need to update your wardrobe with a few statement pieces, add some decorative touches to your home, or choose a floral bouquet, picking one of the trending colors for 2023 will brighten things up.

The Year in Color: Trends for 2023 You Should Know

1. Deep Red
2. Azure
3. Shades of Pink
4. Lavender
5. Creamy White
6. Yellow

Capturing the popular mood, designers have gone with bright, cheerful, hopeful colors for leading 2023 trends. You’ll see these pop up everywhere, in dresses, accessories, home decor, wall paint, and more. Without going overboard, you can bring these colors into your life to give it that extra energy and brightness that’s always welcome.

When you’re ready to jump in, check out some of our suggestions for how to make the trending colors in 2023 part of your life to celebrate the march of time and hope.

Let’s start with the reds. This year, they’re dramatic, passionate, deep reds symbolizing romance, excitement, and, it must be said, a hint of danger. Cultures around the world have associated the color red with life and fertility, and Chinese and Indian brides traditionally wear red on their wedding day.

You can refresh your wardrobe with a bright red dress, or, for a quieter statement, go with a red belt or handbag. A red mug or baking dish in your kitchen will enliven things with all kinds of possibilities, and deep red velvet curtains can add a touch of glamor to any room.

A deep azure blue was spotted on the runaways as part of the trend of dopamine dressing, and you’ll find dresses and elegant evening bags and shoes in this color everywhere. It’s also a popular color with interior designers this year, and if you want to go bold, you could paint a single wall in the living room or bedroom in a dramatic deep blue.

Blue, especially in this clear-sky and clear-water shade, symbolizes trust, tranquility, and healing. So if you’re in need of some of these, why not pick a floral bouquet that is both uplifting and calming?

Everybody loves pink, and this year, it’s official. So you can go overboard with as much pink as you can handle, in shades ranging from creamy and blush to bright and hot pink to deep fuchsia. Take your pick with a pink shirt or skirt, a piece of striking jewelry, and even blush-pink shoes.

Pink stands for a cheerful outlook, and luckily there are plenty of flowers to help you express that. The Lilibet will delight anyone with its scented collection of lilies in shades of pink, and The Peony has ten stems that will grow from buds to graceful flowers full of color and fragrance.

Lavender, too, in all its shades, is in this year, and you have a range of choices from elegant to sensuous. It helps that Taylor Swift’s latest music video has identified the color with love that always wins, and that’s also why you need it in your life right now.

Lavender is associated with religion and spirituality, as well as feminity. Celebrate these values with The Violette, which has a mix of roses, scabiosa, delphinium, fragrant lavender, eucalyptus, and more in shades of purple and lavender. You can up the luxury factor by adding candy and bath bombs to the set.

The Unicorn, with roses and asters in shades of lavender, purple, blush, and cream, is a dreamy and fragrant bouquet to delight the senses.

Creamy white matches all the bold colors and helps to pull them together, and it can be used in hundreds of different ways in your wardrobe, around the house, and in floral bouquets. The delicious The Buttercream, with lisianthus, vanilla roses, and a sprinkling of snapdragons, looks good enough to eat, and you could live on the heavenly smell alone.

Yellow is another cheerful, upbeat color associated with spring and cute things like daffodils and day-old chicks. This year, you have the designers’ blessings to flaunt it with sweaters, jumpsuits and

It doesn’t get yellower or more cheerful than The Sonny, which is just a bundle of sunshine with sunflowers, baby’s breath, and Ruscus to brighten anyone’s day. If you prefer more pastel versions, The Peneloise with yellow, blush and very pale pastel orange roses and ranunculus, hypericum berries, and spiral eucalyptus has a cheerful energy.

So there you have it. The color trends for 2023 are bright and cheerful, and it’s easy to make them part of your wardrobe and your home. With their positive symbolism and meanings, these colors and flowers can help make it your best year ever.